From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Doris Dowling May 15 1923 June 18 2004 was an American actress of film stage and television After her time as a chorusgirl on Broadway Detroitborn Doris Dowling followed her elder sister Constance to Hollywood Her first credited film role was that of Gloria barfly and drinking companion to fellow alcoholic Ray Milland in the 1945 film The Lost Weekend She next appeared in The Blue Dahlia which starred Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake As postwar work became more scarce she emigrated to Italy to revive her career as her sister had done In Italy Dowling starred in several acclaimed films including Bitter Rice She appeared in Orson Welless European production of Othello in 1952 playing Bianca Upon returning to the US much of her work was in theatre and on television She appeared in such television shows as Alfred Hitchcock Presents Bonanza Perry Mason The Andy Griffith Show and late in her career The Incredible Hulk Kojak and finally The Dukes of Hazzard in 1984 She also costarred with Bob Cummings and Julie Newmar in the sitcom My Living Doll In 1973 Dowling shared an Outer Critics Circle award for her performance in a revival of The Women on Broadway Personal life Dowling dated Billy Wilder and married three times She was band leader Artie Shaws 7th wife by whom she had a son Jonathan Her other husbands were Robert F Blumofe 19561959 and Leonard B Kaufman 1960 until her death in 2004
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